On top of page 17 of The Teaching of Buddha is a quote that sounds very much like the Four Great Vows; even allowing for the paraphrasing in this book. The source is given as the mahayana-jataka-cittabhumi-pariksa-sutra. Anyone seen an english translation of this work?
Or maybe someone knowing it could confirm or disprove this passage being in this sutra. It begins: "When Buddha decided to break from the worldly life, he made four great vows..."
Source of 4 Great Vows
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Source of 4 Great Vows
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Re: Source of 4 Great Vows
the jap. title of the mahayana-jataka-cittabhumi-pariksa-sutra is perhaps: daijo honsho shinji kwangyo, eng.: mahayana sutra of the contemplation of the process of consciousness of the original lives (of the buddha), nanjio no. 955
https://books.google.de/books?id=zbkUAA ... 55&f=false
http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ ... atalog.pdf
no. 955 is Mahâyâna-mulagâta-hridayabhûmi-dhyâna-sutra.
The origin of the Four Great Vows?
http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?t=16456
https://books.google.de/books?id=zbkUAA ... 55&f=false
http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ ... atalog.pdf
no. 955 is Mahâyâna-mulagâta-hridayabhûmi-dhyâna-sutra.
The origin of the Four Great Vows?
http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?t=16456
Re: Source of 4 Great Vows
the taisho no. of the sutra is taisho 159
http://www.acmuller.net/descriptive_cat ... k1385.html
http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T03n0159
http://www.acmuller.net/descriptive_cat ... k1385.html
http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T03n0159